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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: A Book Review

This largely positive review of Arthur Golden's novel Memoirs of a Geisha notes parallels to rags-to-riches fairytales like Cinderella and critiques the novel's ending, which the student describes as lacking clarity and purpose.
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Bridget's feedback:

"This review shows an engagement with the text that builds ethos and draws in the reader. The use of detail and the overall control in the writing creates an assessment that is fair, balanced, and frank. The structure and organization facilitates the reader's journey across the pages, and the comparison with fairytales creates a motif that guides the discussion. The balance, with the first half dedicated to summary and the second half to analysis, is sound, though as the reader, I found myself wanting to read more about the various points you bring up, including the declining narrative clarity toward the end: does it mirror the postwar world or is it a failure of the author at the level of craft? I am also curious if the last paragraph could be used in the body to avoid its feeling like a postscript, particularly since the Cinderella motif guides the presentation of the plot and interpretation of theme."

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